Tag: My Airports

One Hundred Airports

Abilene (ABI)

Abilene is a small, one-hub, several regional jets per day airport, but I still like it.

Akureyri (AEY)

Akureyri Airport (Iceland)

Albuquerque (ABQ)

Albuquerque International Sunport (New Mexico, USA)

Amarillo (AMA)

Since Altus doesn’t have its own airport, I have to drive a ways no matter where I fly. I decided to try flying into Amarillo for one of my trips.

Anchorage (ANC)

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (Alaska, USA)

Atlanta (ATL)

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest passenger airport in the world and an enormous Delta hub.

Auckland (AKL)

Auckland Airport (New Zealand)

Austin (AUS)

Austin was one of the first airports where I intentionally flew slightly out of my way to visit it.

Bakersfield (BFL)

I wanted to avoid L.A. traffic when flying into the Antelope Valley, so I found a good price on a flight into Bakersfield instead.

Baltimore (BWI)

As one of the few Southwest Airlines focus cities (and former AirTran hubs) that served Dayton, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport generally served as my layover to or from Orlando when I wasn’t able to take the one daily direct Orlando flight.

Berlin–Tegel (TXL)

Berlin Tegel Airport had a neat hexagonal layout, but felt dated.

Birmingham (BHM)

Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (Alabama, USA)

Boston (BOS)

Boston Logan is a large airport in a small area.

Burbank (BUR)

Though Hollywood Burbank Airport feels old, deplaning by portable stairs was actually rather nice in Burbank’s excellent weather.

Charleston, South Carolina (CHS)

As a combined commercial airfield, military base, and airplane factory, you can see a lot of interesting planes at Charleston International Airport.

Charlotte (CLT)

Charlotte Douglas was my most visited US Airways hub.

Chicago–Midway (MDW)

Chicago Midway International Airport (Illinois, USA)

Chicago–O’Hare (ORD)

O’Hare is both a hub for the two airlines I fly the most and relatively close to Dayton, so I end up with a great many flights through there.

Christchurch (CHC)

Christchurch was a great little airport for a layover.

Cincinnati (CVG)

While my closest airport is Dayton, I can get to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in a bit over an hour for better flight options.

Cleveland (CLE)

Nearly every time I’ve flown through Cleveland Hopkins, I didn’t want to; one time when I did want to, I couldn’t.

Colorado Springs (COS)

COS isn’t a bad alternate airport for getting to the southern suburbs of Denver.

Columbus (CMH)

Port Columbus International Airport is my secondary home airport. While it’s 75 miles away from my home, it offers more flights to more hubs than DAY.

Dallas–Love (DAL)

Dallas Love Field (Texas, USA)

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)

Dallas/Fort Worth is one of the first airports I became especially familiar with, and it’s now one of my favorite layover airports.

Dayton (DAY)

Dayton is my home airport, and thus by far the airport I’ve flown through the most.

Denver (DEN)

Denver International Airport (Colorado, USA)

Des Moines (DSM)

Des Moines International Airport (Iowa, USA)

Destin/Fort Walton Beach (VPS)

Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (Florida, USA)

Detroit (DTW)

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Michigan, USA)

Dunedin (DUD)

To date, Dunedin Airport (New Zealand) is the southernmost airport I’ve visited.

Fayetteville (FAY)

Fayetteville’s airport felt old, although they were also undergoing renovations to modernize.

Flagstaff (FLG)

Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (Arizona, USA)

Fort Lauderdale (FLL)

FLL wasn’t my favorite airport—it felt crowded in a way I wouldn’t expect for an airport of its size.

Frankfurt (FRA)

Frankfurt Airport (Germany)

Hartford (BDL)

Bradley International Airport (Hartford, Connecticut, USA)

Helsinki (HEL)

My visit to Helsinki’s airport was a short layover, so I didn’t have much time to explore.

Hilo (ITO)

Hilo International Airport (Hawaii, USA)

Honolulu (HNL)

Given Hawaii’s excellent year-round weather, it’s no surprise that large portions of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport are outdoors. It’s certainly nice to have some fresh air in the airside part of the terminal!

Houston–Bush (IAH)

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas, USA)

Huntsville (HSV)

Huntsville International Airport (Alabama, USA)

Indianapolis (IND)

At two hours’ drive away from home, IND is an infrequent but feasible alternate airport for me.

Jacksonville, Florida (JAX)

Jacksonville International Airport (Florida, USA)

Jacksonville, North Carolina (OAJ)

Albert J. Ellis Airport is a small but modern airport terminal.

Kansas City (MCI)

I have a love–hate relationship with Kansas City International: it’s a beautiful terminal concept that absolutely doesn’t work as a modern airport.

Killeen (GRK)

Killeen Regional Airport (Texas, USA)

Las Vegas (LAS)

Harry Reid International Airport (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)

Lawton (LAW)

Lawton–Fort Sill Regional Airport (Oklahoma, USA)

Little Rock (LIT)

Little Rock is not a bad airport to get stuck at for a few hours, as I found out returning from my first trip through it.

London–Gatwick (LGW)

Gatwick Airport (London, UK)

London–Heathrow (LHR)

Heathrow Airport (London, UK)

Los Angeles (LAX)

My home airport doesn’t serve any airport west of the Rockies. So although Los Angeles International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, and a hub for many airlines, I haven’t flown through it very often.

Lubbock (LBB)

Lubbock’s curved terminal and prominent concrete gave it a vibe of a miniature version of DFW’s Terminal C.

Manchester (MHT)

Manchester–Boston Regional Airport (New Hampshire, USA)

Melbourne (MEL)

Tullamarine Airport (Melbourne, Australia)

Miami (MIA)

Miami was the final US large hub I hadn’t yet visited, so I’ve now visited every major airport in the country.

Milwaukee (MKE)

Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (Wisconsin, USA)

Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)

Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport is easy to get around for a large airport, and has plenty to do on a long layover.

Munich (MUC)

Munich Airport (Germany)

Myrtle Beach (MYR)

Myrtle Beach International Airport (South Carolina, USA)

Naha (OKA)

Naha Airport (Okinawa, Japan)

Nashville (BNA)

I was one flight short on getting United status in 2015, and Nashville had the cheapest available flight, so I made a trip of it.

New Orleans (MSY)

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (Louisiana, USA)

New York–JFK (JFK)

John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York, New York, USA)

New York–LaGuardia (LGA)

LaGuardia Airport (New York, New York, USA)

Newark (EWR)

Newark Liberty International Airport (New Jersey, USA) is the 35th airport I’ve flown through.

Newport News/Williamsburg (PHF)

Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (Virginia, USA)

Norfolk (ORF)

Norfolk International Airport (Virginia, USA)

Northwest Arkansas (XNA)

Northwest Arkansas National Airport (Bentonville/Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA)

Nuremberg (NUE)

Nuremberg Airport (Germany)

Oklahoma City (OKC)

I’ve had a lot of work trips to various parts of Oklahoma, so I visit Will Rogers World Airport regularly.

One Hundred Airports

I had a goal to visit 100 airports, which I achieved in 2022. This page tracks the airports I’ve visited.

Ontario (ONT)

Ontario International Airport (California, USA)

Orange County (SNA)

John Wayne Airport (Orange County, California, USA)

Orlando (MCO)

Orlando is one of my most visited airports, but something about it just doesn’t click with me.

Paris–Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (France)

Pensacola (PNS)

Pensacola International Airport (Florida, USA)

Peoria (PIA)

I didn’t originally plan on visiting General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, but a thunderstorm forced me to divert there for a few hours.

Perth (PER)

Perth is the furthest airport from home to which I can buy an airline ticket—only a few general aviation airfields are further!

Philadelphia (PHL)

Philadelphia has a long terminal building, which is good for exploring and bad for short layovers.

Phoenix (PHX)

Though they got rid of it, Phoenix had some of my favorite airport carpet.

Pittsburgh (PIT)

Pittsburgh is an airport I wasn’t expecting to fly through—too far from home to fly from, but too close to fly to. But then some bad weather routed me there.

Portland, Maine (PWM)

PWM has a unique over-roadway security checkpoint structure that provides a beautiful entrance into its concourse.

Portland, Oregon (PDX)

Portland International Airport (Oregon, USA)

Providence (PVD)

Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)

RAF Mildenhall (MHZ)

RAF Mildenhall (UK)

Raleigh/Durham (RDU)

Raleigh–Durham International Airport (North Carolina, USA)

Rapid City (RAP)

Rapid City Regional Airport (South Dakota, USA)

Reykjavík–Domestic (RKV)

Reykjavík Airport (Iceland)

Reykjavík–Keflavík (KEF)

KEF is a relatively small airport with a lot of big jets stopping there.

Richmond (RIC)

Richmond International Airport (Virginia, USA)

Salt Lake City (SLC)

Salt Lake City International Airport (Utah, USA)

San Antonio (SAT)

San Antonio International Airport (Texas, USA)

San Diego (SAN)

San Diego International Airport (California, USA)

San Francisco (SFO)

San Francisco International Airport (California, USA)

San Jose (SJC)

Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (California, USA)

San Juan (SJU)

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA)

Savannah (SAV)

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (Georgia, USA)

Seattle/Tacoma (SEA)

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Washington, USA)

St. Louis (STL)

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (Missouri, USA)

Stockholm–Arlanda (ARN)

ARN was a larger airport than I expected it to be.

Stuttgart (STR)

Stuttgart Airport (Germany)

Sydney (SYD)

My first southern hemisphere airport is also the destination of my longest flight to date.

Tallahassee (TLH)

Tallahassee International Airport (Florida, USA)

Tampa (TPA)

Tampa’s airport concept is similar to Orlando’s, just on a smaller scale.

Tokyo–Haneda (HND)

Tokyo International Airport (Japan)

Tokyo–Narita (NRT)

NRT was the first Japanese airport I visited.

Toledo (TOL)

Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (Ohio, USA)

Toronto–Pearson (YYZ)

Toronto Pearson International Airport (Ontario, Canada)

Tucson (TUS)

Tucson International Airport (Arizona, USA)

Tulsa (TUL)

Tulsa International Airport (Oklahoma, USA)

Valdosta (VLD)

Valdosta Regional Airport (Georgia, USA)

Vancouver (YVR)

Vancouver International Airport (British Columbia, Canada)

Washington–Dulles (IAD)

Washington’s not a bad location for a hub. Yet for the most part, I rarely end up flying through it.

Washington–Reagan National (DCA)

I mostly use DCA as a layover to get to New England, but it does have one of the most scenic landings in the US.

Wichita (ICT)

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (Kansas, USA)

Wichita Falls (SPS)

SPS was the origin of my lowest altitude “flight”—the flight was cancelled, so the airline booked us a taxi van to DFW instead.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is a mountainous airport, and gave me the first backtaxi that I can remember.

Wilmington (ILM)

Wilmington International Airport (North Carolina, USA)

Zurich (ZRH)

Zurich Airport (Switzerland)

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I’ve Flown Through One Hundred Airports

21 Jul 2022 · In 2013 I set a goal to travel through one hundred different airports. In July 2022, I finally achieved my goal.

One Hundred Airports

16 Aug 2013 · My long-term travel goal is to fly through 100 different airports.